Redwood City Sites

This was originally a tuberculosis sanitarium. New Deal workers constructed a: New kitchen and dining building, ward buildings (2), children's building, doctors' and nurses' residences, improved sewage system, new water tank and incinerator. The sanitarium was purchased by the MROSD in 1983, however, and "two years later all the hospital buildings were torn down and the site is now being reclaimed by nature." - https://wikimapia.org/958734/Hassler-Health-Home-site In the 1940s, additional buildings were added to the campus with the help of New Deal funding, increasing the capacity to 260 beds.

The port of Redwood City has a convoluted history, but was finally fully established with New Deal help in the 1930s: "A 1929 bond issue campaign to improve the channel was defeated. But in 1935, a harbor bond issue of $266,000 was approved by voters and matching funds were obtained from the federal government. With this large showing of support, the channels were dredged and larger piers were built along the sections that parallel what is now Seaport Blvd. In 1937, the first cargo ship steamed into the new Port of Redwood City, and since that year, the Port has operated...

The historic post office building in Redwood City was constructed in 1934 with federal Treasury Department funds. It is home to José Moya del Pino's 1937 mural, "Flower Farming and Vegetable Raising," funded by the Treasury Department's Section of Fine Arts. The building is still in use today.

This mural "Flower Farming and Vegetable Raising" by Jose Moya del Pino was completed in 1937 with Treasury Section of Fine Arts funds.

Two additions to the courthouse were built with WPA labor in 1939. Sadly, the annex was demolished in 2006 to make room for a renovated Courthouse Square.